Nursing Home Resident Outcomes from the Res-Care Intervention

Authors

Barbara Resnick PhD, GNP-BC,

From the *Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, **School of Nursing and †Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland‡Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, §Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina∥School of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

Ann L. Gruber-Baldini PhD,

From the *Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, **School of Nursing and †Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland‡Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, §Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina∥School of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

Sheryl Zimmerman PhD,

From the *Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, **School of Nursing and †Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland‡Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, §Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina∥School of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

Elizabeth Galik PhD, CRNP,

From the *Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, **School of Nursing and †Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland‡Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, §Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina∥School of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

Ingrid Pretzer-Aboff PhD, RN,

From the *Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, **School of Nursing and †Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland‡Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, §Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina∥School of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

Karin Russ BSN,

From the *Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, **School of Nursing and †Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland‡Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, §Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina∥School of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

J. Richard Hebel PhD

From the *Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, **School of Nursing and †Department of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland‡Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, §Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina∥School of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To test the effectiveness of a restorative care (Res-Care) intervention on function, muscle strength, contractures, and quality of life of nursing home residents, with secondary aims focused on strengthening self-efficacy and outcome expectations.

DESIGN: A randomized controlled repeated-measure design was used, and generalized estimating equations were used to evaluate status at baseline and 4 and 12 months after initiation of the Res-Care intervention.

SETTING: Twelve nursing homes in Maryland.

PARTICIPANTS: Four hundred eighty-seven residents consented and were eligible: 256 from treatment sites and 231 from control sites. The majority were female (389, 80.1%) and white (325, 66.8%); 85 (17.4%) were married and the remaining widowed, single, or divorced/separated. Mean age was 83.8 ± 8.2, and mean Mini-Mental State Examination score was 20.4 ± 5.3.

INTERVENTION: Res-Care was a two-tiered self-efficacy-based intervention focused on motivating nursing assistants and residents to engage in functional and physical activities.

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